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in 2008 obama only won 41% of them. as we look across the board in the battle ground states and i've been looking at different polls, obama ask moving up with these working class white woman in places like ohio, wisconsin, even florida he's moving up to around 50% of them. that makes the math almost impossible for mitt romney in those states and they are responding largely to the economic message, the bain arguments, the 47 arguments, medicare, taxes. that is where it seems to be doing damage to romney. >> you asked the question would you say you were better off than you were during the 2008 presidential election. 31% thought they were better off. 31% worse off. same, 34%. that same 34%, but how are they lining up? >> this is really interesting. this is the question that republicans want to center the election on. are you better off than you were four years ago. and not surprisingly among the roughly one-third who say they are better off, president obama is prerge dominantly, and the ones who say they're worse off mitt
in 2008 obama only won 41% of them. as we look across the board in the battle ground states and i've been looking at different polls, obama ask moving up with these working class white woman in places like ohio, wisconsin, even florida he's moving up to around 50% of them. that makes the math almost impossible for mitt romney in those states and they are responding largely to the economic message, the bain arguments, the 47 arguments, medicare, taxes. that is where it seems to be doing damage...
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today was president obama's turn. our white house correspondent brianna keilar is standing by with details on what happened. brianna. >> reporter: hi, wolf. the topic of immigration dominated this forum. president obama saying his biggest failure has been not getting comprehensive immigration reform done. but he said it wasn't for lack of trying or desire. and he blamed congressional republicans. as president obama courted the hispanic vote in a forum on the spanish language univision network, he got some tough questions. co-host jorge ramos asked about his 2008 pledge to tackle immigration reform in his first term. >> this is very important. i don't want it to get lost in translation. you promised that. and a promise is a promise. and with all due respect, but you didn't keep that promise. >> i did not make a promise that i would get everything done 100% when i was elected as president. what i promised was that i would work every single day as hard as i can to make sure that everybody in this country regardless of wh
today was president obama's turn. our white house correspondent brianna keilar is standing by with details on what happened. brianna. >> reporter: hi, wolf. the topic of immigration dominated this forum. president obama saying his biggest failure has been not getting comprehensive immigration reform done. but he said it wasn't for lack of trying or desire. and he blamed congressional republicans. as president obama courted the hispanic vote in a forum on the spanish language univision...
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that's an obama quote. more recently the president has said he wants people to feel like they're getting a fair shot. in a december interview with "60 minutes" president obama talked about inequality and people like teachers and small business owners who are working hard but feel like they're just treading water. in response to the 1998 comments you just heard here, the obama campaign says mr. obama was making an argument for more efficient and effective government. they say the president believes there are "steps we can take to promote opportunity." here's the question, is the redistribution of wealth president obama's answer to america's problems? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on the blog. or go to our post on "the situation room" facebook page. wolf. >>> all right, jack. get ready for a ton, ton of e-mail coming in, reaction. thank you. meanwhile, new developments today in a major scandal involving the obama justice department. one high level official has now resigned and another has abruptl
that's an obama quote. more recently the president has said he wants people to feel like they're getting a fair shot. in a december interview with "60 minutes" president obama talked about inequality and people like teachers and small business owners who are working hard but feel like they're just treading water. in response to the 1998 comments you just heard here, the obama campaign says mr. obama was making an argument for more efficient and effective government. they say the...
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mostly students, mostly obama supporters here. mostly obama supporters on day one. now, republicans say that's overblown. if you've made up your mind to vote even before the debates, you are going to be for one candidate or the other no matter what and you are going to vote. so if you're voting early, voting late, it doesn't matter. but one of the places obama thinks it helps is they had a big swell in the youth vote last time. they had the support in the polls, but, wolf, frankly they think turnout could be down this time. sometimes college students get a bit distracted. one of the things, the president of the university of iowa democrats, her job is to tell all of her friends, all of the fellow students vote now. >> things come up. you can have an exam. you can wait until election day and not know where your precinct is. a lot of student haves to go to elementary schools, they don't have cars, they don't know where it is, any extra obstacle can keep students home on election day. early voting gives us 40 more chances to catch people. >> reporter: now, republicans
mostly students, mostly obama supporters here. mostly obama supporters on day one. now, republicans say that's overblown. if you've made up your mind to vote even before the debates, you are going to be for one candidate or the other no matter what and you are going to vote. so if you're voting early, voting late, it doesn't matter. but one of the places obama thinks it helps is they had a big swell in the youth vote last time. they had the support in the polls, but, wolf, frankly they think...
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mitt romney's 47% comment fell right into the president obama's hand and president obama may have just returned the favor to a certain degree for romney. our white house correspondent brianna keilar is following this verbal warfare for us. brianna, what's going on here? >> reporter: wolf, last night, president obama and mitt romney were both on "60 minutes" on cbs. and mitt romney is now seizing on some comments that president obama made, saying that he is trivializing the deaths of four americans in libya and the white house is firing back. president obama left the white house monday and touched down in new york city for the u.n. general assembly. his appearance on "60 minutes" the night before grabbing headlines. >> well, i said even at the time that this is going to be a rocky path. >> reporter: cbs news's steve croft asked president obama about the recent turmoil in the middle east. >> there are going to be bumps in the road because in a lot of these places, the one organizing principle has been islam. >> reporter: conservatives including mitt romney are calling the comment insensi
mitt romney's 47% comment fell right into the president obama's hand and president obama may have just returned the favor to a certain degree for romney. our white house correspondent brianna keilar is following this verbal warfare for us. brianna, what's going on here? >> reporter: wolf, last night, president obama and mitt romney were both on "60 minutes" on cbs. and mitt romney is now seizing on some comments that president obama made, saying that he is trivializing the...
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obama care doesn't make it less expensive. >> reporter: he wants obama care gone. including the prescription drug benefit for seniors. but he does want to keep one of the most popular pieces of obama care, although he doesn't say exactly how his plan will work. >> we have to make sure people who have pre-existing conditions are able to get insure and had that folks that get sick don't get dropped by their insurance company. >> reporter: romney and his running mate, paul ryan, propose to cap malpractice insurance, cut medicaid by $810 billion over the next ten years, give states more control over their medicaid funds, overhaul medicare. the overhaul, people now younger than 55 when they reach retirement would have the option of getting a voucher to purchase private insurance or they could stick with traditional medicare. >> this financial support system is designed to guarantee that seniors can always afford medicare coverage no exceptions. >> there are a lot of differences, wolf, between the two plans. medicaid is probably something that's not discussed as much. bu
obama care doesn't make it less expensive. >> reporter: he wants obama care gone. including the prescription drug benefit for seniors. but he does want to keep one of the most popular pieces of obama care, although he doesn't say exactly how his plan will work. >> we have to make sure people who have pre-existing conditions are able to get insure and had that folks that get sick don't get dropped by their insurance company. >> reporter: romney and his running mate, paul ryan,...
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obama 54%, romney 42%. but, candy, 4%, unless there's a crisis, usually foreign policy is not on the minds of a lot of americans. >> right. and the question is how will we view this through the prism of november? when it was one thing when osama bin laden was out there and there was this, you know, is the bush administration going to get him when john kerry was running against george bush. the question is, does it have resonance come november with that 4%? because we keep seeing close polls. perhaps it could. but i think the larger question here is in listening to president obama was almost like listening to hillary clinton four years ago when she kept saying, well, you know what i know from having done this et cetera, et cetera. it does not seem to me that americans unless they feel a real threat to u.s. homeland that they vote on the basis of foreign policy alone. >> except, i remember and you do too, all of us remember 1980. jimmy carter, the incumbent president lost 444 days, americans held hostage in i
obama 54%, romney 42%. but, candy, 4%, unless there's a crisis, usually foreign policy is not on the minds of a lot of americans. >> right. and the question is how will we view this through the prism of november? when it was one thing when osama bin laden was out there and there was this, you know, is the bush administration going to get him when john kerry was running against george bush. the question is, does it have resonance come november with that 4%? because we keep seeing close...
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obama's foreign policy. is he ready to dial back or double down again? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> u.s. warships are moving toward libya today as president obama vows that no act of terror will go unpunished. his words. but in the grim aftermath of the u.s. consulate attack in libya which left the u.s. ambassador and three other americans dead, there are still serious questions as to which group was responsible. meantime, violent protests sparked by an anti-islamic film spreading across the muslim world today. in cairo, crowds have again gathered outside the u.s. embassy right now. they've been throwing rocks and fire bombs as police answer with tear gas. in yemen, police open fire to disperse rioters at the u.s. embassy where a security wall was breached. security officials report four deaths. and in iraq, protesters stepped on and then burned a symbolic american flag as rival sunni and shiite muslims marched together. libyan authorities have now made at least one arrest in connect
obama's foreign policy. is he ready to dial back or double down again? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> u.s. warships are moving toward libya today as president obama vows that no act of terror will go unpunished. his words. but in the grim aftermath of the u.s. consulate attack in libya which left the u.s. ambassador and three other americans dead, there are still serious questions as to which group was responsible. meantime, violent protests sparked by...
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senator obama, president obama, same guy, same problem. white working class voters have always been a weakness. they're coming up a little bit, that's probably the sugar high, the romney campaign says, but that's something you want to watch after the campaign. working cloesz voters, guys who get their hands dirty, clinton not only had policies that worked for them and got them jobs, he talks in a way that's more familiar to them. clinton's language is very approachable, even when's talking about complex things, he does nit a very approachable way, where the president, president obama, sometimes sounds like a professor. >> it's interesting, some republican were e-mailing me or tweeting me, asking, why are we taking this speech from the former president live, because we think we're doing the work of the obama campaign. i said, simple answer. if the former president on the republican side, george w. bush out there were campaigning for mitt romney, we'd take that live as well. >> and look, it is kind of unusual for him to have a role to this e
senator obama, president obama, same guy, same problem. white working class voters have always been a weakness. they're coming up a little bit, that's probably the sugar high, the romney campaign says, but that's something you want to watch after the campaign. working cloesz voters, guys who get their hands dirty, clinton not only had policies that worked for them and got them jobs, he talks in a way that's more familiar to them. clinton's language is very approachable, even when's talking...